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Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, August 2026
14 mesoscale discussions in August 2026. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.
Mesoscale Discussions by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 14
- Busiest day
- August 21, 20263 mesoscale discussions
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 3:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 29 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lawrence and 6 more | 116 min |
| Aug 18, 3:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 7 more | 115 min |
| Aug 19, 2:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee and 16 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens | 117 min |
| Aug 20, 7:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 22, 6:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 2 more | 87 min |
| Aug 24, 9:12 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 11:53 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Houston | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 2:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 12:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 15 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 21 more | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pickens County6
- Conecuh County6
- Fayette County5
- Lamar County5
- Lawrence County5
- Marion County5
- Monroe County5
- Washington County5
- Bibb County4
- Cullman County4
- Greene County4
- Hale County4
- Limestone County4
- Morgan County4
- Perry County4
- Sumter County4
- Tuscaloosa County4
- Winston County4
- Colbert County4
- Franklin County4
- Baldwin County4
- Butler County4
- Clarke County4
- Covington County4
- Escambia County4
- Mobile County4
- Autauga County3
- DeKalb County3
- Jackson County3
- Jefferson County3
- Madison County3
- Marshall County3
- Walker County3
- Choctaw County3
- Coffee County3
- Wilcox County3
- Lowndes County3
- Marengo County3
- Lauderdale County3
- Chilton County2
26 more counties
- Coosa County2
- Shelby County2
- Talladega County2
- Geneva County2
- Crenshaw County2
- Dallas County2
- Houston County2
- Montgomery County2
- Blount County1
- Calhoun County1
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Cleburne County1
- Etowah County1
- Randolph County1
- St. Clair County1
- Tallapoosa County1
- Barbour County1
- Bullock County1
- Dale County1
- Henry County1
- Lee County1
- Macon County1
- Pike County1
- Russell County1
- Elmore County1
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.